“Siona Benjamin: An artist who paints from the East”
July 7th, 2009 by Menachem Wecker
My latest article appears on MyJewishLearning.com. Here’s the lede:
Jewish art tends to be associated with European painters like Chagall, Liebermann, Pissarro, and Soutine. But Bombay-born painter Siona Benjamin, whose art combines Jewish, Indian, and American elements, shatters the misconception that Jewish art is essentially Western.